Men&#39;s briefs

ABSTRACT

Disclosed is a men&#39;s brief adapted to support wearer&#39;s scrota and a phallus separately from each other and to prevent the phallus from coming into contact with a skin on the scrota or a groin area. The men&#39;s brief comprises a shrunken section ( 3 ) for tightening a boundary between scrota (B) and a phallus (A), which is formed by folding strip shaped portions along a middle longitudinal line and the both side longitudinal lines of its front part surrounding the scrota (B) and the phallus (A) and sewing each of the strip shaped portions longitudinally, a first bulged section ( 3 - 1 ) disposed above the shrunken section ( 3 ) and adapted to surround and support the phallus (A), and a second bulged section ( 3 - 2 ) disposed under the shrunken section ( 3 ) and adapted to surround and support the scrota (B), wherein the first and the second bulged section ( 3 - 1, 3 - 2 ) are provided by formation of the shrunken section ( 3 ).

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a men's briefs, and more particularlyto a men's briefs which is modified in its front surface to comfortablysupport a boundary region between wearer's scrotum and a phallus therebyassuring a stable wearing condition, and to prevent the phallus fromcoming into contact with a skin of the scrotum or a groin area despitethe wearer's intense activity, thereby preventing dermatitis or eczemadue to skin to skin contact.

BACKGROUND ART

In general, men's briefs and trunks, which are classified intounderwear, are selectively worn depending on wearer's physique orfeeling.

The men's briefs is adapted to tightly fit to a wearer's waist and groinareas by its elasticized bands, and is mostly provided at its frontsurface with a front opening for allowing its internal space to beventilated and wearer's phallus to be taken out therethrough.

As shown in FIG. 1, such a men's briefs 1 can provide stable wearingcondition to a wearer only where the briefs 1 is worn on the wearerafter a wearer's phallus “A” is erected upright such that a glans of thephallus “A” is positioned to point to the wearer's navel. With wearingof the briefs, at a boundary area between the phallus “A” and thescrotum, a delta space, i.e., a trigonal space “S”, is provided.However, the trigonal space “S” does not allow the phallus “A”positioned therein to be maintained in its upright position on themiddle line of the briefs 1 thereby causing the phallus “A” to beinclined and to droop toward a side or a groin area when the wearerstands up, sits down, walks or runs. By such inclination or drooping,the phallus “A” comes into contact with a skin of a groin or a scrotum“B” region. The contact between the phallus “A” and the region is liableto bring about dermatitis or eczema due to perspiration of a largeamount of sweat, particularly in the summer months. Furthermore, thecontact between skin surfaces may create bad smell due to the stagnantsweat, thereby causing difficulty in maintaining a sanitary condition.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind theabove problems occurring in the prior art, and an object of the presentinvention is to provide a men's briefs which is intended to comfortablysupport a boundary region between wearer's scrotum and phallus and thusto prevent the phallus from coming into contact with a skin of thescrotum or a groin area, thereby preventing dermatitis or eczema due toperspiration of sweat by created by skin to skin contact.

In order to accomplish the above object, the present invention providesa men's briefs comprising: a shrunken section composed of crimp portionsformed at a front part of the briefs having leg openings, which areformed by crimping the front part along a middle vertical line and sidevertical lines located at both sides of the middle vertical line tocause streamlined strip portions to be hidden from the front part andsewing the crimps to be formed into the crimp portions; a first bulgedsection disposed above the crimp portion and adapted to have a space forreceiving the wearer's phallus; and a second bulged section disposedunder the crimp portions and adapted to have for receiving the wearer'sscrotum.

In another embodiment, the present invention provides a men's briefscomprising: a front part disposed between both leg openings of thebriefs and cut out with an area of a certain width corresponding to aboundary portion between a wearer's phallus and scrotum; and a wovenfabric cloth attached to the cutout portion of the front part by sewingalong the upper and lower edges thereof, which is made of fabricmaterial different from material of the briefs and which does not allowlateral extension.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a side cross-sectional view showing a conventional men'sbriefs worn by a wearer;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view showing a men's briefs according to thepresent invention in which a shrunken section has not yet been formed;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the men's briefs according to theinvention in which its front part is sewn at several strip shapedportions to form the shrunken section;

FIG. 4 is a side elevation view showing the men's briefs of FIG. 3 inwhich the shrunken section is formed;

FIG. 5 is a side cross-sectional view showing the men's briefs accordingto the invention, which is worn by a wearer;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a men's briefs including areinforcing cloth attached to a rear face;

FIG. 7 is a side cross-sectional view of the briefs of FIG. 6, which isworn by a wearer;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a men's briefs according to anotherembodiment of the present invention, in which a woven fabric cloth isseparated from the briefs; and

FIG. 9 is a side cross-sectional view of the briefs of FIG. 6, in whicha wearer's phallus is erected.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

This invention will be described in further detail by way of examplewith reference to FIGS. 2 to 9 of the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view showing a men's briefs according to thepresent invention in which a shrunken section has not yet been formed,FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the men's briefs according to theinvention in which its front part is sewn at several strip shapedportions to form the shrunken section, FIG. 4 is a side elevation viewshowing the men's briefs of FIG. 3 in which the shrunken section isformed, and FIG. 5 is a side cross-sectional view showing the men'sbriefs according to the invention which is worn by a wearer.

The men's briefs 1 according to present invention includes a shrunkensection composed of crimp portions 3 in a front part between both legopenings 2, which are formed by crimping the front part along a middlevertical line and side vertical lines located at both sides of themiddle vertical line to cause streamlined strip portions to be hiddenfrom the front part and sewing the crimps to be formed into crimpportions 3.

In the drawings, reference character “X” designates the outlines of thestreamlined strip portions to be formed into the crimp portions, and“X1” designates the widths of the outlines of the streamlined stripportions.

With the formation of the crimp portions, the front part is providedabove the crimp portions 3 with a first bulged section 3-1 in which awearer's erected phallus “A” is positioned, and the front part isprovided below the crimp portions 3 with a second bulged section 3-2 inwhich a wearer's scrotum “B” is stably positioned, when viewed in sideelevation.

When viewed in side elevation, protruding degree of the first bulgedsection 3-1 and the second bulged section 3-2 can be properly selecteddepending on the widths of the streamlined strip portions defining thecrimps to be sewn.

Referring to FIGS. 6 and 7 which show a men's briefs according toanother embodiment of the present invention, the men's briefs 1 isfurther provided at the rear face of the front part having the crimpportions 3 with a reinforcing cloth 4 having a certain width. Thereinforcing cloth 4 can be attached to the briefs by sewing.

The reinforcing cloth 4 is made of a resilient band, or a cloth wovenfrom material different from that of the briefs, and then is sewn to thebriefs. The sewing process is carried out along upper and lower edges ofthe reinforcing cloth from side edges defining the leg openings 2.

FIGS. 8 and 9 show a men's briefs according to another embodiment of thepresent invention. As shown in the drawings, the men's briefs 1 is cutout at its front part 1-1 so that the cutout portion is positioned at aboundary portion between a wearer's phallus “A” and scrotum “B” and hasa certain width. The cutout portion is attached with a woven fabric pad5, which cannot be extended laterally, and which is different from thecloth of the briefs 1, by sewing along the upper and lower edges of thewoven fabric pad 5. The woven fabric pad 5 can be made of hemp cloth orramie cloth, and can include a band containing extendable woven fabric,but it is to be noted that material of the woven fabric pad 5 is notlimited to the above-listed material.

Functions of the men's briefs according to the present invention, whichis configured as described above, will now be described.

The men's briefs 1 is worn by a wearer after the wearer's phallus “A” iserected upright to point to the wearer's navel.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the briefs 1 is worn by a wearer, the wearer'sphallus “A” is positioned in the first bulged section 3-1 disposed abovethe crimp portions 3 formed by a sewing operation of the front part ofthe briefs 1, and the wearer's scrotum “B” is positioned in the secondbulged section 3-2 disposed below the crimp portions 3.

In other words, when the wearer's phallus “A” and scrotum “B” arereceived in the first bulged section 3-1 and the second bulged section3-2, respectively, the middle portions of the crimp portions 3 formed atthe front part of the briefs 1 stably support a root portion of thephallus “A”.

In the men's briefs 1 as shown in FIG. 6, the reinforcing cloth 4attached to the rear face of the front part having the crimp portions 3is intended to prevent lateral extension of a portion between both theleg openings 2 which can be caused by repeated washing and wearing. Thereinforcing cloth 4 is also intended to preserve initial shapes of thecrimp portions 3 for a long time, thereby allowing a wearer's phallus tobe supported.

As such, when the briefs is worn by the wearer, the crimp portions 3 andthe reinforcing cloth 4 serve to hold a wearer's phallus “A” in order toprevent the wearer's phallus “A” from drooping toward the second bulgedsection 3-2 from the first bulged section 3-1. Therefore, the crimpportions 3 and the reinforcing cloth 4 can create advantages in that itis possible to eliminate perspiration of sweat caused by direct contactbetween the phallus and the scrotum as well as the bad smell due tostagnant sweat, and is possible to allow the phallus and the scrotum tobe separately held for the sake of sanitary condition, therebypreventing dermatitis or eczema.

In a conventional men's briefs, a trigonal space “S” is provided at aboundary portion between a wearer's phallus and scrotum. The trigonalspace “S” of the briefs is eliminated by the crimp portions 3 formed ata front part of the briefs, so that a wearer's phallus “A” is receivedin the first bulged section 3-1, and scrotum “B” is received in thesecond bulged section 3-2, thereby allowing stable wearing condition.

In other words, the crimp portions are able to moderately press a rootportion of a wearer's phallus, thereby allowing the phallus to be stablysupported. For example, the crimp portions function to tighten awearer's phallus like a waistband of a skirt or a pair of trousers thattightens a wearer's waist to prevent the skirt or the pair of trousersfrom slipping down.

As such, when the men's briefs is worn by a wearer with a phallus beingerected, the crimp portions serve to prevent the phallus from fallingdown and from coming into direct contact with the wearer's scrotum orgroin region, thereby preventing dermatitis or eczema due to stagnantsweat.

When the men's briefs 1 according to another embodiment of the presentinvention is worn by a wearer as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the wearer'sphallus “A” is positioned to point to the wearer's navel.

In the above condition, the wearer's phallus “A” is positioned to beinclined forward rather than to be erected upright due to a wearer'sbulging pubic bone. At this point, the woven fabric pad 5 attached tothe front part 1-1 of the men's briefs can moderately and stably supporta boundary area between the wearer's phallus and the scrotum without thetrigonal space of a conventional men's briefs.

Since the woven fabric pad 5 serves as a band having a woven fabricstructure, which is not extended laterally when viewed in frontelevation, the woven fabric pad 5 can maintain the wearer's phallus “A”in erected position while separating the wearer's phallus “A” from thewearer's scrotum. Therefore, it is possible to avoid direct contactbetween the skin of the phallus and the skin of the scrotum.

The lack of contact between a wearer's phallus and a scrotum preventsperspirations of sweat, bad smell, and dermatitis or eczema due tostagnant sweat thereby allowing a sanitary condition to a wearer.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

As described above, the present invention provides a men's briefs whichis provided at its front part with a shrunken section composed of crimpportions for moderately supporting a boundary area between a wearer'sphallus and scrotum with the phallus being erected to point to thewearer's navel. With the formation of the shrunken section, the frontpart of the men's briefs is provided above the shrunken section with afirst bulged section adapted to receive the wearer's phallus, and isprovided below the shrunken section with a second bulged section adaptedto receive the wearer's scrotum. In another embodiment of the presentinvention, a men's briefs is provided at its front part with a fabricpad which is intended to moderately support a boundary area between awearer's phallus and scrotum while maintaining the phallus to point tothe wearer's navel, thereby allowing stable wearing condition.Therefore, the men's briefs of the invention can prevent the wearer'sphallus from coming into contact with a skin surface of the scrotum or agroin region, thereby preventing dermatitis or eczema due to stagnantsweat.

What is claimed is:
 1. A men's briefs comprising: a shrunken section composed of crimp portions formed at a front part of the briefs having leg openings, which are formed by crimping the front part along a middle vertical line and side vertical lines located at both sides of the middle vertical line to cause streamlined strip portions to be hidden from the front part and sewing the crimps to be formed into the crimp portions; a first bulged section disposed above the crimp portions and adapted to have a space for receiving the wearer's phallus; and a second bulged section disposed under the crimp portions and adapted to have a space for receiving the wearer's scrotum.
 2. The men's briefs as set forth in claim 1, wherein said shrunken section of said front part of the briefs is provided with a reinforcing cloth attached to a rear face of the front part shrunken section, the reinforcing cloth disposed between both the leg openings and having a certain width.
 3. A men's briefs comprising: a front part of the brief having leg openings, in which a cutout portion is formed on said front part between the leg openings and is of a certain width corresponding to a boundary portion between a wearer's phallus and scrotum; and a woven fabric pad attached to the cutout portion of the front part by sewing along upper and lower edges thereof, which is made of fabric material different from material of the briefs and which is extensible in a non-lateral direction to thereby prevent lateral extension of the front part of the brief between the leg openings in order to maintain a wearer's phallus in an erect position while separating the phallus from the wearer's scrotum.
 4. The men's briefs as set forth in claim 3, wherein the woven fabric cloth is made of material selected from the group consisting of hemp and ramie.
 5. A men's briefs comprising: a shrunken section composed of a crimp portion formed at a front part of the briefs having leg openings, which is formed by crimping the front part along vertical lines to cause a streamlined strip portion to be hidden from the front part and sewing the crimps to be formed into the crimp portion; a first bulged section disposed above the center portion of the crimp portion and adapted to have a space for receiving the wearer's phallus; and a second bulged section disposed under the center portion of the crimp portion and adapted to have a space for receiving the wearer's scrotum.
 6. The men's briefs as set forth in claim 5, wherein said shrunken section of said front part of the briefs is provided with a reinforcing cloth attached to a rear face of the front part shrunken section, the reinforcing cloth disposed between both the leg openings and having a certain width.
 7. A men's briefs having leg openings comprising: a shrunken section formed by sewing both sides of a streamlined strip portion which is cut along vertical lines of a front part of the briefs having leg openings; a first bulged section disposed above a center portion of the shrunken section and adapted to have a space for receiving the wearer's phallus; and a second bulged section disposed under the center portion of the shrunken section and adapted to have a space for receiving the wearer's scrotum.
 8. The men's briefs as set forth in claim 7, wherein said shrunken section of said front part of the briefs is provided with a reinforcing cloth attached to a rear face of the front part shrunken section, the reinforcing cloth disposed between both the leg openings and having a certain width. 